Red Dead Redemption 2 (video game)

[bassman]

http://www.rockstargames.com/reddeadredemption2/ It's felt like an eternity waiting for official word on this! The original is likely my favorite game of all time, so to say I'm excited would be an understatement...

[shootemindehead]

+1 Surprised that RDR never appeared on the PC though.

[AcesandEights]

So psyched for this! In the meantime, I can't wait to dive back in to the game by way of backwards compatible niceness.

[shootemindehead]

So psyched for this! In the meantime, I can't wait to dive back in to the game by way of backwards compatible niceness. That should be an actual term.

[kidgloves]

After RDR1 and GTA on next gen I am super stoked for this. Always have been and will be in to Westerns.

[MinionZombie]

Very welcome news, so it is. The teaser trailer looks great - RDR was visually stunning (sometimes I'd just sit in front of a wide open vista and watch the sun rise/set), and this new one looks even more gorgeous. Hopefully there'll still be plenty to do throughout the landscape with a few towns that are fairly built up to add a bit of variety. I absolutely loved RDR. There was something quite special about being able to swagger into a town and have a showdown with some scumbag, play a few rounds of poker, gun down a couple of ne'er-do-wells, and ride off into the sunset for more adventures. Some people are pondering if there'll be seven characters to choose from (akin to GTA V's three characters you could switch between), but might that be too many? Three was plenty, but I would welcome a female character to play as for some added variety, some sort of Calamity Jane type maybe.

[Neil]

Not so important news - New trailer Important news - PC version confirmed http://www.pcgamer.com/red-dead-rede...a-new-trailer/

[MinionZombie]

It was strange how they never put out a PC version, wasn't it? GTA IV got one (albeit a somewhat dodgy port to begin with, IIRC), and if I recall L.A. Noire and Max Payne 3 both got PC ports along with, naturally, GTA V. RDR was hugely successful ... perhaps Rockstar simply didn't have the resources for it? Hmmm ... glad I had a 360, as I played it on there. It was a great game and I'm properly looking forward to RDR2. The world looks absolutely stunning (as did RDR). With the previous game I'd just go and hang out on my horse at a vantage point and watch the gorgeous world pass by as the sun rose or set. Gorgeous, so it was. The design was spectacular.

[ProfessorChaos]

looks stunning! can't wait to mount up and just explore the wilderness...and maybe do some nefarious shit along the way.

[MinionZombie]

Looks gorgeous, doesn't it? Did anyone else catch a familiar face in the trailer? John Marston - evidently just after he'd received the wounds that gave him his iconic scarring to the right side of his face (they've just been stitched up in the trailer). Although it seems that you're probably playing as someone else ... but I wonder if there'll be 'character switching' like in GTA V. Likewise, I can't wait to go exploring. I remember with the previous game just marvelling at the open world Rockstar had created, enjoying the sunset/rise etc. Now it's going to be even more lush and vibrant. Damn, Rockstar really do craft some wonderfully immersive games!

[bassman]

Two days ago I bought the Xbox version of the first game just so I can play it on my nephews Xbox one in preparation for the release of RDR2. Looks fantastic! I need.

[MinionZombie]

Some interesting tidbits about things Rockstar are doing to finesse the feel of immersion of open world gaming - to make it feel like the NPCs have lives independent of you, the player, and are not just there to benefit you and nothing else. I love it how Rockstar really think about how to achieve greater and more immersive things with their games ... but hopefully we won't have to wait five ruddy years between RDR2 and their next game! This game has been in the works for 8 years, as well!

[bassman]

Just heard that RDR2 is now available for preorder. There’s also news that PS4 editions of the game will have exclusives available before Xbox One. https://kotaku.com/red-dead-redempti...lay-1826536689

[MinionZombie]

Gameplay Trailer That open world looks absolutely gorgeous! I can forsee a lot of time spent just admiring the landscape, watching the sun rise and set and such. I hope the movement and shooting mechanics are improved, as I did feel that in recent Rockstar games they were trying to get a bit too 'realistic' with the movements, but that'd prove difficult to control - the number of times I struggled to get through a door in Red Dead Redemption, for instance, was silly, as John Marston has this weird turning circle that was kinda limited and imprecise. Similarly, GTA V occasionally felt a bit imprecise or lacking in a certain smoothness and freedom when it came to gunplay, as if you were battling with the combination of the movement mechanics and the shooting mechanics. It wasn't a huge thing, in fact it was rather subtle in its effects and wouldn't always occur, but when it did it was frustrating. Meanwhile some other games of a similar nature - such as Mafia III - would have less 'realistic' movement (in terms of the character's precise musculature), but the gamer controlling the in-game character felt so much smoother and more free, so you could run from cover, slide across a car bonnet, blast a few enemies, and then dart to another bit of cover before vaulting over a fence and making your escape. That sheer fluidity has somewhat evaded Rockstar because of their overt commitment to realism, but just a little temperance on that front would help make things slicker ... so I hope the mechanics of actually controlling your in-game character feels more slick and free that recent Rockstar games. Anyway, I'm really excited to play this - not long now!!!

[Neil]

It is looking epic isn't it. Still no news on a PC version